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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (October 19, 1910 - August 21, 1995) was an Indian physicist, astrophysicist and mathematician.

Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore, British India (now Pakistan).

He died in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

See also: Chandrasekhar limit

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